“He got wounded 21 times and what he did was stop the Germans from getting through the French line,” Herman Johnson (son of Henry Johnson)
Sgt. Henry Johnson was the first American soldier in World War I to receive the Croix de Guerre with star and Gold Palm from the French government.…
But wait a second: wasn’t he an American solider?
See the following information –
– Remembering Henry Johnson, the Soldier Called “Black Death”
– Johnson finally receives the Medal of Honor
Dynamite Comes in Small Packages
Harlem Hell Fighters among first Americans in World War One
World War I- Harlem Hellfighters in France (Part 1)
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